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W. B. DOWSE.

GLOAK.

Patented Feb. 2 0 1883.

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\VILLIAM B. DOlVSE, OF BOSTON, MASSAGE USETTS.

CLOAK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 272,537, dated February 20, 1883.

Application filed November 29, 1882. -(No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, \VILLIAM B. DOWSE, a citizen of the United States, residing; at Boston,in the county of Suffolk and Commonwealth of'Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Oircnlar-Gloaks, of which the following, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a specification.

The object of my invention is to adapt, an ordinary circular-cloak so that it can be worn with or without sleeves.

My invention consists in providing an ordinary circular-cloak having the usual arm holes, with lapels, in the body of the cloak with a pair of sleeves firmly secured to the body of the cloak as sleeves are ordinarily attached by the whole of the edge of the sleeve, and having at their bases lapels which cover the armholes of thesleeves when the sleeves are drawn within the body of the cloak, as itis intended they should be when it is desired simply to putthe arms through the armholes, as though the garment had no sleeves.

In said drawings, Figure 1 is a partial ele vation of the circular-cloak embodying my invention as it appears upon a person with the sleeves in use. Fig. 2 is an elevation of the same with the front open, showing the sleeve drawn within, not in use, and how the front looks when sleeve is drawn within. Fig.3 is a detailed section to illustrate my invention, showing the body of the cloak, the sleeve, the armhole, and the lapels of both.

Similar letters mark corresponding parts in all said figures.

E F is the body of a circular-cloak, E representing the outside and F the inside of the l cloak. A is the sleeve of the cloak; B, the lapel which covers the armholes; G, the lapel at the base of the sleeve, which covers the sleeve-holes when thesleeves are drawn within the cloak.

hen the sleeve is drawn within the cloak, as it is very short and cannot be in the way, it is allowed to hang, as shown in Fig. 2. The sleeve can be placed either in front or at the rear of the armhole D; but I prefer to place the sleeve in the rear of the armholes, as shown in Fig. 1.

I am aware that circular-cloaks have been provided with short sleeves in connection with the ordinary armholes, and hence I do. not claim broadly a circular-cloak adapted to be worn with or without sleeves; but

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is-

1. A ,circularcloak or outer garment prosleeve-holes and sleeves havinglapels attheir base, adapted to cover the sleeve-holes when the sleeves are drawn within the hotly of the cloak, substantially as and for the purposes described.

2. In combination with a circular-cloak or other outer garment, the sleeve A, the armhole D, and the lapels O and B, adapted to cover the, armhole and the sleeve-hole, respectively, substantially as and for the pur poses described. I p

In witness-whereof I have hereunto set my hand.

WILLIAM B. DOWSE.

Witnesses:

WM. B. H. Dowsfi, HUGH YOUNG.

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